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To All of the Posters: First, what makes Traficant "An American Hero"??? Please justify that staement!

Secondly, the big difference between Traficant and Condit is...Traficant had his day in court (where he played the fool and didn't obtain adequate counsel...something he can afford, but declined to do), and has been convicted! Condit (slime ball, weasel he is) has not.

Yes, the congress and execuive branch are both dirty...have been since the 60s...yet we vote these useless low life scum into office...and without really seeing their credentials!

Now Traficant will run for office again? Sure...fund raisers are a great source of income! Is he nutso? Must be...anyone with any kind of loyalty or dedication to office would graciously walk away...but I remiss...these are politicos...none of them have a sense of duty, honor country!

Why shouldn't the guy defend himself?

Ok, he's crook and his head looks like road kill. That doesn't mean he is NOT the subject of a Janet Reno vendetta. Janet has been warped ever since she realized she would never be half the looker Olympia Snow is, and sold out to the Clowntons, who have her most interesting FBI File (The one with the DUI's, corrupting the morals of a minor, D&D, etc.) Jimmy also has her files, and knows a great deal about Billy and Hilly.

I followed this trial close as I could. It should have been held in Australia. They know more about kangaroo stuff down under. Once this Jimmy T gets a real lawyer and a straight judge, he's walking.

By the way, who was on this jury? Anybody who could simultaneously read and write? Did they run'em over to the courthouse from homeless shelters, or the post office every morning in vans?

And why the rush to get Jimmy out of there BEFORE TAX DAY. Try him on the 16th, and he walks again, even with that OJ Jury.

I am worried that Clownton pals will try to Beam Jimmy Up before his time. Careful there, you with the nest in your hair!

Traficant is NOT an American hero, as so many have said. People are making him some sort of martyr. He is a living breathing Sound Byte. Talked the Talk, but never walked the walk. How did he vote on Clinton impeachment, after he scathed the guy in his infamous 3 Minute Sound Bytes? Traficant voted not to impeach.

As far as I am concerned, his integrity stopped there. He said all the right things to frenzy the crowd (me included)in his legendary 3 Minute Sound Bytes. The guy is worthy of Saturday Night Live, not the US Congress.

Why do you think Trafficant didn't hire counsel? Because he was making the point that YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HIRE A LAWYER in the court system of your own country! Hello! Or has the law become so corrupt that only those who have spent years and years studying it can correct decode it? Shouldn't we be able to follow the law and defend ourselves as American citizens? I have used a lawyer once in my life and never again. Never again will I feed the class of those who memorize the law as it is with no willingness to change it or reform it, in the very same way that ever single accountant out there ensures that our tax law remains as complex as it is. The verdict reflects not on Trafficant's level of intelligence but rather on the willingness of the government to drive out those who disagree with them.